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NSA's Collection of U.S. Telephone Records Is The 'Least Intrusive' Way
Dec 13, 2013Critics of the U.S. National Security Agency's bulk collection of U.S. residents' telephone records should offer a better way to track terrorists and protect the country against attacks, the agency's director said Wednesday. The NSA's ...
Tags: Metadata, NSA, data collection, surveillance programmes, surveillance
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EU Has Confirmed Plans Not to Withdraw From The 'safe Harbor' Deal on Data Protection
Nov 29, 2013Over 3,000 firms have signed up to the Safe Harbor deal. The European Union (EU) has confirmed plans not to withdraw from the 'Safe Harbor' deal on data protection, which allows the US firms to access European data, snubbing demands for a ...
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New Data Protection Laws Intended to Protect Citizens' Privacy
Oct 24, 2013New data protection laws intended to protect citizens' privacy, which could see internet companies forced to pay out up to €100m (£85m) in fines if they fail to comply, have been given the go ahead by Members of the European ...
Tags: Protection Laws, MEPs
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US Needs to Speed up The Process of Getting Cyber Security Legislation in Place
Oct 12, 2013The chief of US spy organisation, the National Security Agency (NSA), Keith Alexander, believes that the US government needs to speed up the process of getting cyber security legislation in place in order to defend the US from attacks. ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Mark Zuckerberg and Marissa Mayer Have Both Commented on The NSA Prism Revelations
Sep 13, 2013Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his Yahoo counterpart Marissa Mayer have both commented on the NSA Prism revelations, insisting that both web firms did as much as they could to resist governmental demands to reveal personal data of users. ...
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NSA Is Attempting to Beef up Its Security by Letting Go of 90 Per Cent
Aug 13, 2013The US National Security Agency (NSA) is attempting to beef up its security by letting go of 90 per cent of its system administrators, automating their roles instead. The NSA has faced increased scrutiny after former contractor Edward ...
Tags: NSA, System Administrators